New glass

 

New glass

One of the joys (!) of living on a relatively small collection of islands like the British Isles is the variability in the weather, or should that be unpredictability? Weather forecasts often can and do change rapidly. It makes for interesting living and the typical Brit’s preparation for a day out can include clothing for all eventualities, since we never know with any certainty how a day will turn out.

 The replacement panel for our conservatory roof was scheduled to be fitted last Thursday. The weather forecast gave a yellow warning of heavy rain so we postponed it. We had a little rain, but not the torrential downpour we had been promised. The glass could have been fitted after all.

It’s now scheduled for the coming Wednesday and the forecast is for heavy rain again. Very often, the bad weather simply passes us by, as we seem to live on the edges of weather systems. The glass fitters assure us that the conservatory will only be exposed to the elements for about ten minutes . . . but which ten minutes?

Whether the weather be fine,

Or whether the weather be not,

Whether the weather be cold,

Or whether the weather be hot,

We’ll weather the weather

Whatever the weather,

Whether we like it or not!